Snapchat Spectacles, available only in pop-up vending machines, debut to long lines
When a tech company moved into a house next to her Venice Beach boardwalk sunglasses stand three years ago, Maria Shim had no idea that it would eventually become her competition. Hundreds of people lined up for hours to buy a pair of Snapchat Spectacles — available to the public for the first time and dispensed out of a bright yellow vending machine. Westside resident Darren Yan, 29, was among the hundreds of people able to purchase two sunglasses before supplies ran out at 2:45 p.m. Yan wanted to see whether he could hack the sunglasses to work with apps beside Snapchat, he said, describing it as research for the music technology company he works at. “You’re part of the clique.” Snap employees teased the line sporting their own Spectacles, while others gawked from inside the big blue house where the company first opened up shop in Venice. Like video stories on the Snapchat app that can be accessed for only 24 hours, a Spectacles vending machine will disappear from a spot after about a day, the company said.
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